October 31 is sometimes called Magic Day, to commemorate Harry Houdini (1874–1926), one of the world’s best-known magicians. He died on October 31, 1926, at the age of 52, and one year after his death his wife presented a trophy in honour of him, on that day. After that, the Society of… Read More The Passing of a Legend
Four quotes by Richard Brinsley Sheridan (born 30 October 1751), Irish playwright and Whig Member of Parliament in the British House of Commons, His most famous works include “The School for Scandal” and “The Rivals”. ❉ “Tale-bearers are as bad as the tale-makers.” ❉ “There is not a passion so strongly rooted in the human… Read More Sheridan and Human Frailty
At 10:30 p.m. on 29 October 1969 (just a few months after Neil Armstrong had taken the first steps on the moon) a 21-year old UCLA student, named Charley Kline, took the phone, called the computer lab at Stanford, and under the supervision of UCLA computer science professor Leonard Kleinrock, managed to send the first… Read More Fifty years of the Internet 🔗
Ieri, dopo una settimana passata in una dependance di categoria inferiore in in albergo accanto, sono stata gentilmente trasferita nell’hotel principale. Trasferimento che è stato più volte rimandato perché volevano assegnarmi una “camera con vista”.Stamattina, aprendo la porta finestra ho ammirato una siepe al di là della quale io nel pensier mi sono finta spazi… Read More Hotel Sorriso di Forio (Ischia)
Tra le nubi prende forma un volto vago, un po’ pensieroso; osserva perplesso il lago, la vita che pulsa là sotto e poi lentamente si dissolve tra i monti, nell’aria … (L.Z.)
Lentamente muore chi diventa schiavo dell’abitudine, ripetendo ogni giorno gli stessi percorsi, chi non cambia la marcia, chi non rischia e cambia colore dei vestiti, chi non parla a chi non conosce. Muore lentamente chi evita una passione, chi preferisce il nero sul bianco e i puntini sulle “i” piuttosto che un insieme di emozioni,… Read More “Lentamente muore”
Natalie Anne Merchant (born on 26 October 1963) is an American singer-songwriter, musician and poet In her beautiful song “Ophelia” (Dec 6: OPHELIA by Natalie Merchant), she imagines a woman living different lives throughout history , which in the end appear to be delusions from a mental patient (the real Ophelia). Three quotes: “I… Read More 🎈Happy Birthday, Natalie Merchant!🎉
On 25 October 1938, Archbishop Francis Joseph Beckman (1875 –1948), American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church and Archbishop of Dubuque, condemned swing music as “a degenerated musical system, turned loose to gnaw away at the moral fibre of young people.” Before the National Council of Catholic Women, he proclaimed that swing music was… Read More Swing Music ♫♪♩ (*￣o￣*) ♫♪♩
Conosciuto in Italia come Mortadella day, ricorre il 24 ottobre. Infatti fu proprio il 24 ottobre 1661 il giorno in cui il Cardinale Girolamo Farnese, Legato di Bologna, emanò il primo e storico “Bando e previsione sopra la fabbrica delle mortadelle e salami” Quell’editto, reso necessario perché molte contraffazioni avevano peggiorato il livello qualitativo della… Read More National Bologna Day
On 23rd October 1962 Little Stevie Wonder recorded his first song for Motown Records. The single bombed. It was “Thank You For Loving Me All The Way” and was released when he was only 12-years-old, giving him the title of “child prodigy” and making him the youngest artist ever to reach No.1.
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